African-American Studies

Now African-American Studies aficionados have another academic option for pursuing graduate studies. Penn State is now offering a PhD program in African-American Studies, 20 years after the department was created. Students will be able to enroll in a dual-degree program that couples African-American studies with...

Philadelphia’s Temple University sparked an academic revolution in 1988 when it launched the nation’s first African-American Studies Department. Now, the department is in flux as it prepares to celebrate its 25 anniversary. On April 10, more than 150 Temple students and North Philadelphia community leaders...